Posted on 05/26/2016 6:08:07 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts
Donald J. Trump has been working to mend fences with many of his detractors, but among literary luminaries it is looking like it will be a tough sell.
A group of more than 400 writers, including big names such as Stephen King, David Eggers, Amy Tan, Junot Díaz and Cheryl Strayed, released an online petition on Tuesday to express their opposition to Mr. Trumps candidacy on the grounds that he is appealing to the darkest elements in American society.
The rise of a political candidate who deliberately appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters, and denigrates women and minorities, demands, from each of us, an immediate and forceful response, they wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
That doesn’t include everyone who has signed since, just the original set.
Thanks, guys! You and others who can't understand reason and our laws are being noted.
By the way, is anyone shopping at PC-Target?
The list.
Mark Slouka Brewster, NY
Andrew Altschul Fort Collins, CO
Jennifer Egan Brooklyn, NY
Gregory Pardlo New York, NY
Geraldine Brooks West Tisbury, MA
Junot Díaz Cambridge, MA
Tobias Wolff Stanford, CA
Stephen King Bangor, ME
Richard Russo Portland, ME
Amy Tan San Francisco, CA
ZZ Packer San Francisco, CA
Ha Jin Boston, MA
Edmund White New York, NY
Dave Eggers San Francisco, CA
Rita Dove Charlottesville, VA
Jane Smiley Carmel Valley, CA
Phillip Lopate New York, NY
Allan Gurganus Hillsborough, NC
Michael Chabon Berkeley, CA
James Wood Boston, MA
Claire Messud Boston, MA
Cheryl Strayed Portland, OR
Nick Flynn Brooklyn, NY
Carl Phillips St. Louis, MO
Jo Ann Beard Rhinebeck, NY
Lan Samantha Chang Iowa City, IA
David Shields Seattle, WA
Francine Prose New York, NY
Tracy K. Smith Princeton, NJ
Sven Birkerts Arlington, MA
Nicole Krauss New York, NY
Daniel Handler San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Berg Oak Park, IL
Steve Yarbrough Boston, MA
Colm Toibin New York, NY
Oscar Villalon San Francisco, CA
Jonathan Lethem Claremont, CA
Maxine Hong Kingston Oakland, CA
Charles Bernstein New York, NY
Ed Falco Blacksburg, VA
Kim McLarin Boston, MA
Ann Packer New York, NY
Sue Miller Boston, MA
Eleanor Henderson Ithaca, NY
Alfred Corn Providence, RI
Lynne Sharon Schwartz New York, NY
Rick Moody Astoria, NY
Lydia Davis East Nassau, NY
David Gates Missoula, MT
Erin McGraw Sewanee, TN
Stephen Elliott New York, NY
Roy Blount, Jr. New Orleans, LA
Andrew Hudgins Sewanee, TN
W. Ralph Eubanks Washington, DC
Jean Valentine New York, NY
Ursula Hegi Sag Harbor, NY
Richard Bausch Orange, CA
Jill McCorkle Hillsborough, NC
Bobbie Ann Mason Lexington, KY
Susan Choi Brooklyn, NY
Ed McClanahan Lexington, KY
Robert Matt Taylor Los Angeles, CA
Julia Scheeres Berkeley, CA
Margot Livesey Cambridge, MA
Matthew Zapruder Oakland, CA
Daniel Mendelsohn Annandale-on- Hudson, NY
Anita Shreve Newfields, NH
Lyn Hejinian Berkeley, CA
Camille Dungy Fort Collins, CO
Lauren Grodstein Moorestown, NJ
Gerald Stern New York, NY
Lynne Tillman New York, NY
Paul Lisicky Philadelphia, PA
Dan Beachy-Quick Fort Collins, CO
Rebecca Solnit San Francisco, CA
Bill Clegg New York, NY
Ayelet Waldman Berkeley, CA
Charles Baxter Minneapolis, MN
Sigrid Nunez New York, NY
Aline Ohanesian San Juan Capistrano, CA
Maurice Manning Springfield, KY
John LHeureux Stanford, CA
Mary Roach Oakland, CA
Melanie Rae Thon Salt Lake City, UT
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Los Angeles, CA
Rivka Galchen New York, NY
L. Kennedy London, UK
Alan Shapiro Chapel Hill, NC
Mark Doty New York, NY
Patricia Hampl St. Paul, MN
Tom Zoellner Los Angeles, CA
Athena Stevens Las Vegas, NV
Robert Bausch Stanford, VA
D. A. Powell San Francisco, CA
Alexander Chee New York, NY
Leslie Jamison Brooklyn, NY
Josh Weil Nevada City, CA
Lauren Groff Gainesville, FL
Meg Wolitzer New York, NY
Amy Hempel Gainesville, FL
Aimee Nezhukumatathil Oxford, MS
Brenda Hillman Kensington, CA
Adam Mansbach Berkeley, CA
Dan Raeburn Chicago, IL
Aimee Bender Los Angeles, CA
Tom Barbash Mill Valley, CA
Verlyn Klinkenborg East Chatham, NY
Andre Dubus III Newbury, MA
Val Brelinski Woodland, CA
Dinty W. Moore Athens, OH
Dana Spiotta Syracuse, NY
Paul Yoon Cambridge, MA
Scott Hutchins San Francisco, CA
Edward Schwarzschild Albany, NY
Laura Fraser San Francisco, CA
Julie Orringer Brooklyn, NY
Brian Turner Orlando, FL
Jane Hirshfield Mill Valley, CA
V. V. Ganeshananthan Minneapolis, MN
Gloria Frym Berkeley, CA
E. J. Levy Washington, DC
Lloyd Schwartz Somerville, MA
Sasha Steensen Fort Collins, CO
Gregory Maguire Concord, MA
Katharine Noel Baltimore, MD
Nicholas Delbanco Ann Arbor, MI
Salvatore Scibona -New Haven, CT
Curtis Sittenfeld St. Louis, MO
Ben Marcus New York, NY
Elisa Albert Albany, NY
Kaui Hart Hemmings Kailua, HI
Lucy Corin San Francisco, CA
Garth Greenwell Iowa City, IA
Maxine Chernoff Mill Valley, CA
Karen Russell Portland, OR
Kim Addonizio Oakland, CA
Marilyn Hacker New York, NY
Lewis Warsh New York, NY
Suzanne Rivecca San Francisco, CA
Susan Steinberg San Francisco, CA
Julie Lythcott-Haims Palo Alto, CA
Molly Antopol Cambridge, MA
Helen Schulman New York, NY
Ralph Black Rochester, NY
Jill Talbot Denton, TX
Charles Bock Brooklyn, NY
Lee Daniel Kravetz San Mateo, CA
Julie Scelfo New York, NY
Lori Ostlund San Francisco, CA
Steven Schwartz Fort Collins, CO
Anthony Marra Oakland, CA
Lytle Shaw New York, NY
Keith Scribner Corvallis, OR
Susan Jackson Rodgers Corvallis, OR
Mark Edmundson Charlottesville, VA
Vince Passaro New Rochelle, NY
Ron Silliman Paoli, PA
Robert Boswell Houston, TX
David Biespiel Portland, OR
Ilyse Kusnetz Orlando, FL
Eric Puchner Baltimore, MD
Victoria Redel New York, NY
Leni Zumas Portland, OR
Justin Torres Los Angeles, CA
David Vann Tallahassee, FL
Matthew Cooperman Fort Collins, CO
Aby Kaupang Fort Collins, CO
Laura van den Berg Cambridge, MA
Rick Barot Tacoma, WA
Jill Bialosky New York, NY
Will Allison South Orange, NJ
David Goodwillie Brooklyn, NY
Benjamin Hale Tivoli, NY
Jeff Parker Amherst, MA
Ru Freeman Bala Cynwyd, PA
Alexandra Teague Moscow, ID
Michelle Richmond Burlingame, CA
Chelsey Johnson Richmond, VA
Daniel Orozco Moscow, ID
Marie Howe New York, NY
Jenny Hollowell Los Angeles, CA
Geoffrey Brock Fayetteville, AR
Kevin J. Clark San Louis Obispo, CA
Donald Morrill Tampa, FL
Lisa Birnbaum Tampa, FL
Joshua Furst New York, NY
Randall Mann San Francisco, CA
Jennifer duBois Austin, TX
Erika Meitner Blacksburg, VA
Joy Katz Pittsburgh, PA
Rachel Zucker New York, NY
Celeste Gainey Pittsburgh, PA
Samina Ali San Francisco, CA
Emily Mitchell Silver Spring, MD
Leslee Becker Fort Collins, CO
Henri Cole Boston, MA
Celeste Ng Cambridge, MA
Mira Jacob Brooklyn, NY
Will Boast Chicago, IL
Rebecca Lehmann Potsdam, NY
Peter Bognanni St. Paul, MN
Rebecca Makkai Chicago, IL
Alix Ohlin Easton, PA
Peter Ho Davies Ann Arbor, MI
Douglas Trevor Ann Arbor, MI
Emily Carlson Pittsburgh, PA
Glasgow Phillips Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer Richter Corvallis, OR
Lily Tuck New York, NY
Patricia Marx New York, NY
Corinna Vallianatos Claremont, CA
Matthew Vollmer Blacksburg, VA
Nic Brown Clemson, SC
Jamie Quatro Lookout Mountain, GA
Bernard Cooper Los Angeles, CA
N. Devers Brooklyn, NY
Joan Wickersham Cambridge, MA
Eileen Pollack New York, NY
Deirdre McNamer Missoula MT
Michelle Herman Columbus, OH
Karen Leona Anderson St. Inigoes, MD
Jerry Gabriel St. Inigoes, MD
William Pierce Boston, MA
Hilma Wolitzer New York, NY
Phyllis Raphael New York, NY
Benjamin Taylor New York, NY
Douglas Bauer Cambridge, MA
Suzanne Ruta New York, NY
Merrill Joan Gerber Pasadena, CA
Pamela Painter Cambridge, MA
Fred Marchant Arlington, MA
Alexandra Marshall Boston, MA
Roxana Robinson Cornwall, CT
Anne Bernays Cambridge, MA
Jennifer Haigh Boston, MA
Suzanne Nossel New York, NY
Caroline Leavitt Hoboken, NJ
Martha McPhee New York, NY
Edie Meidav Amherst, MA
Carol Sklenicka Jenner, CA
Susan Scarf Merrell Sag Harbor, NY
Katharine Weber Bethany, CT
Barbara Fischkin Long Beach, NY
Terese Svoboda New York, NY
Helen Klein Ross New York, NY
Beverly Gologorsky New York, NY
Carolyn Burke Santa Cruz, CA
Alix Kates Shulman New York, NY
Elinor Lipman New York, NY
V. Hansmann New York, NY
Peter Trachtenberg Pittsburgh, PA
Angela Davis-Gardner Raleigh, NC
Jill Ciment Gainesville, FL
Noy Holland Heath, MA
Marjorie Sandor Corvallis, OR
Mark Wunderlich Catskill, NY
Letty Cottin Pogrebin New York, NY
Jacob Slichter Brooklyn, NY
Masha Hamilton Brooklyn, NY
Beth Gutcheon New York, NY
Tova Mirvis Newton, MA
Joan Silber New York, NY
Douglas Unger Las Vegas, NV
Jane Ciabattari Cotati, CA
Laura Zigman Cambridge, MA
Danielle Legros Georges Boston, MA
Lynda Schor New York, NY
Diana Abu-Jaber Fort Lauderdale, FL
Joanna Hershon Brooklyn, NY
April Bernard Saratoga Springs, NY
Jennifer Gilmore Brooklyn, NY
Lis Harris New York, NY
Rebecca Kaiser Gibson Marlborough, NH
Natalie Bakopoulos Ann Arbor, MI
Raymond P. Scheindlin New York, NY
Andrea Scrima Berlin, Germany
Kathleen Hill New York, NY
Leora Skolkin-Smith New York, NY
Rosanna Warren Chicago, IL
David Huddle Burlington, VT
Tony Eprile Bennington, VT
Doug Anderson Thorndike, MA
Robin Hemley Iowa City, IA
Rita Calderon New York, NY
Deborah Schupack Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Courtney Angela Brkic Washington, DC
Alice Mattison New Haven, CT
Sallie Tisdale Portland, OR
Julia Slavin Washington, DC
Jessica Treadway Boston, MA
Samuel Autman Greencastle, IN
James Carroll Boston, MA
Lily King Yarmouth, ME
Todd Hasak-Lowy Evanston, IL
Janna Malamud Smith Boston, MA
Tim Weed Putney, VT
Nadell Fishman New York, NY
Laurie Sheck New York, NY
Kathryn Davis Montpelier, VT
Claire Vaye Watkins Ann Arbor, MI
Heidi Pitlor Natick, MA
Marina Budhos Maplewood, NJ
Toby Olson Cape Cod, MA
Lisa N. Brennan New York, NY
Lalita Tademy Menlo Park, CA
Ned Van Zandt New York, NY
Rafael Yglesias New York, NY
Barry Goldensohn Brooklyn, NY
Lorrie Goldensohn Brooklyn, NY
Dale Peterson Arlington, MA
Benjamin Anastas Brooklyn, NY
Lily White Brooklyn, NY
Maddie Dawson Guilford, CT
Andrew Scott Indianapolis, IN
Sarah Stone El Cerrito, CA
Michael Lowenthal Boston, MA
Ron Nyren El Cerrito, CA
Carole Rosenthal New York, NY
Donna Masini New York, NY
Jane Shore East Calais, VT
Leslie Bulion Durham, CT
Martha Rhodes New York, NY
Kate Walbert New York, NY
Robert Polito New Paltz, NY
Jerry Mander San Francisco, CA
Chana Bloch Oakland, CA
Emily Goodman New York, NY
Nancy Antle New Haven, CT
Sarah Knight Brooklyn, NY
Joan Frank Santa Rosa, CA
Carol Zoref New York, NY
Quincy Long New York, NY
Katy Lederer Brooklyn, NY
Ianthe Brautigan Swensen Santa Rosa, CA
Charles Barasch Plainfield, VT
David St. John Venice, CA
Elaine Fletcher Chapman Newport News, VA
Kim Dana Kupperman Washington, DC
Becca J. R. Lachman Athens, OH
Michael Dumanis Bennington, VT
Elena Delbanco Ann Arbor, MI
Michael Waters Ocean, NJ
Anne Marie Macari New York, NY
Anna Journey Venice, CA
Elizabeth Nunez Amityville, NY
Mary Kay Zuravleff Washington, DC
Ross White Durham, NC
Leo Vanderpot Croton-on-Hudson, NY
Karen E. Bender Wilmington, NC
Alicia Ostriker Princeton, NJ
Naomi Replansky New York, NY
Lisa Michaels Healdsburg, CA
Joan Larkin West Orange, NJ
Ellen Doré Watson Northampton, MA
Jane Lazarre New York, NY
Wesley Brown Chatham, NY
Clark Blaise New York, NY
Joan Appell Lipkin St. Louis, MO
Mimi Schwartz Princeton, NJ
Peter Cooley New Orleans, LA
Mary Morris Brooklyn, NY
Melvin Jules Bukiet New York, NY
Kathleen Balma New Orleans, LA
Adrian Van Young New Orleans, LA
Jay Neugeboren New York, NY
Michael Klein New York, NY
Jaime Manrique New York, NY
Jeanne Marie Beaumont New York, NY
Leslie Connor Madison, CT
Meg Waite Clayton Palo Alto, CA
Mary Crow Fort Collins, CO
Sophie Cabot Black Wilton, CT
Alice B. Fogel Walpole, NH
Anne Waldman New York, NY
Emily Leider San Francisco, CA
Dan Wakefield Indianapolis, IN
Mindy Lewis New York, NY
Jane Mead Napa, CA
Ellen Sussman Sebastopol, CA
Natalie Safir Tarrytown, NY
Rosellen Brown Chicago, IL
R. M. Ryan Duncans Mills, CA
Zack Rogow San Francisco CA
Wesley Brown Chatham Center, NY
Linda Pastan Potomac, MD
Leslie Berlin Palo Alto, CA
Tim Hernandez El Paso, TX
Katy Lederer Brooklyn, NY
Patricia Grossman Brooklyn, NY
Martha Southgate Brooklyn, NY
Ruth Sydney Charney Greenfield, MA
Lucy Ferriss West Hartford, CT
Rachel M. Brownstein New York, NY
Matthew Kennedy Oakland, CA
L. S. Asekoff Clermont, NY
Jill McDonough Boston, MA
Peter Streckfus Fairfax, VA
Aliki Barnstone Columbia, MO
Linda Gregerson Ann Arbor, MI
Estha Weiner New York, NY
Eleanor Lerman Long Beach, NY
Ann Hood Providence, RI
Gary Soto Fresno, CA
Margaret Randall Albuquerque, NM
Susana H. Case New York, NY
Zachary Lazar New Orleans, LA
David Baker Granville, OH
Meredith Trede New York, NY
Thomas Lynch Milford, MI
Sharon Dolin New York, NY
Charles Salzberg New York, NY
Carol Anshaw Chicago, IL
Steve Turtell New York, NY
Alexandra Enders New York, NY
Sonia Pilcer Hillsdale, NY
Martín Espada Amherst, MA
Stephen Goodwin Manassas, VA
Ed Ochester Shelocta, PA
Sue William Silverman Grand Haven, MI
Cathi Hanauer Northampton, MA
Carol Rial New York, NY
Susan Stinson Northampton, MA
Richard Tayson Queens, NY
Kate Christensen Portland, ME
Richard Hoffman Cambridge, MA
Beth Ann Bauman New York, NY
Daniel Shapiro New York, NY
Frances Dinkelspiel Berkeley, CA
Janet Burroway Chicago, IL
Bill Zavatsky New York, NY
Pamela Stewart Hawley, MA
Janet Sternburg Encino, CA
Beatrix Gates Brooksville, ME
Barbara Ras San Antonio, TX
Lidia Yuknavitch Portland, OR
Mary Ann McFadden Riverside, CA
Cynthia Kling Cold Spring, NY
Phillis Levin New York, NY
Heather Young Mill Valley, CA
Gretchen Primack Hurley, NY
Tania James Washington, DC
Robert Thomas Oakland, CA
Rachel Nelson Ann Arbor, MI
Marilyn Krysl Boulder, CO
Norbert Hirschhorn Richfield, MN
T. R. Hummer Cold Spring, NY
Sam Hamill Anacortes, WA
Margot Singer Granville, OH
Jennifer Atkinson Fairfax, VA
Philip Metres Cleveland, OH
Sally Keith Washington, DC
Elizabeth Macklin New York, NY
Robin Rinaldi Los Angeles, CA
Carol Polsgrove Asheville, NC
Robert Hershon Brooklyn, NY
Julie Sheehan Southampton, NY
Judith D. Schwartz Bennington, VT
Maggie Kast Chicago, IL
Cheryl P. Sucher Hopewell, NJ
Nancy A. Smith Ashfield, MA
Hilary Reyl New York, NY
Cornelia Nixon Berkeley, CA
Catherine Brady San Francisco, CA
Joshua Mohr Seattle, WA
Mark Sundeen Moab, UT
Jennifer Maier Seattle, WA
L. R. Berger Contoocook, NH
Sarah Van Arsdale New York, NY
Elena Passarello Corvallis, OR
Anne Yeomans Colrain, MA
James Hannaham Brooklyn, NY
Oh, look! Another boycott list. And we don’t even have to do the research.
There are 400 writers who I will not buy books from now.
On what Planet do these writers live?
This smacks of the old Union of Soviet Writers under Stalin, when they would get together to denounce people.
Amazing. Every one of their “points” have been wonderfully fulfilled by BHO and his regime. Hypocrisy and stupidity on full display.
Just goes to show us what happens when the Lib’s empty the insane asylums. Don’t need to delve into Levins book to understand that Liberalism is a Mental Illness, it is shown to us every day.
They should shut up and write.
I would perhaps be more impressed if I recognized ANY of the 400 names.
Buckley said that about Harvard, not Yale. He was an Eli.
Their liberal beliefs are how they got their big contract in the first place. They have to insert liberal beliefs in the mouths of their characters to get a platform to speak and be published and reviewed.
—list of authors—
Notice how most are in the Northeast and California?
Surprise, surprise.
Not exactly representative of the country. Not remotely.
There’s a lot more chick writers on the list than men. What happened to adventure writers like Jack London? Yeah, he was a communist but he could tell a ripping yarn.
Steven King complaining about someone appealing to our darkest elements? Maybe he doesn’t like the competition?
Don’t quite understand the argument they are making except, “he’s not OUR guy”.
I noticed that, too. Very deliberate. It's designed to plant a false image of Trump's supporters being the perps. Media knows exactly what they're doing. It's epecially effective combined with the word "violent", along with video looping of these "violent Trump protesters" to go along with it.
The rise of a political candidate who deliberately appeals to the basest and most violent elements in society, who encourages aggression among his followers, shouts down opponents, intimidates dissenters”
Sounds like the protesters more than the followers.
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